The second I participate with a curse name Phillaparzzi would score against the Bs happens everytime I'm worse than when Edwards throws up a stat then the opposing team scores. Trust me on this...Posted by SanDogBrewin

Phil thinks he's as great a Babe Ruth, but he's not;Curse of the Shambino.btw, Babe's Ruth's house is right around the corner from me in Sudbury. I thought that was cool. Lived here for years before I knew that.

Phil thinks he plays like a lion, but really he's more like a sheep;Curse of the Lambino

Curse of the contract -- which in legal shorthand would be, somewhat ironically, Curse of the K.

If Kessel accepted Krejci money not only would he be a Bruin (and therefore also successful) but no one would rip on him for being overpaid/lazy/crappy on defense because he'd be worth it at that price. Now the pressure of playing in Toronto with self-imposed franchise-player expectations, as well as the pressure of trying to prove his old team wrong, is crushing him.

Curse of the contract -- which in legal shorthand would be, somewhat ironically, Curse of the K. If Kessel accepted Krejci money not only would he be a Bruin (and therefore also successful) but no one would rip on him for being overpaid/lazy/crappy on defense because he'd be worth it at that price. Now the pressure of playing in Toronto with self-imposed franchise-player expectations, as well as the pressure of trying to prove his old team wrong, is crushing him.Posted by dc-bruins-fan

No. Kessel is the world's biggest example of wasting God given talent that there is and he's bound and determined to keep it that way.

First few games of the season he scared me because he was willing to go into the traffic and backchecked and was highly productive. Then he just quit after that.

Look at the team stats and it is plain and obvious how badly underachieving he is on the Leafs. To have 3 players in front of him and 2 very close behind him in the stats is disgraceful.

I gotta go with badhab on this, theres not curse, kessel not scoring goals in big games is nothing new..

When we win a ring with Seguin on this team, and toronto is still awful (from trading all their picks away trying to get better now) rather then building through the system, we can start to call it a curse.. but it'll be burkes fault more then kessel's..

"we drafted 7th this year, we don't expect to pick that high again".. still says it all to me.

You don't make the corner stone of your franchise a half effort player..

roler, I'm just trying to get the witty fan base on here sooth are way to Thursday and Saturdays games.

The Waffle curse , even a Leafs fan would find funny if only we can find what Kessel has in common with a waffle. Anybody ? That should be funny.

Rationally speaking Burke had to be out of his mind thinking that. For argument sake let's just say we got the 7th pick, in 2010 it was Jeff Skinner. Not too shabby and I think he might even be better than Kessel .

Drafted by the Leafs as a highly touted goalie prospect and the Leafs deal him away before he even arrives in North America. The two options the Leafs went with (Raycroft short term and Pogge was supposed to be long term) were both disasters as Leafs.

Kessel traded for dynasty building blocks is just the next chapter in Curse Nation.

Then lets call it the pancake curse.. like the late great mitch hedberg said.. "You don't want to be like pancakes, great in the begining, but by the end I'm just f**ng sick of em.."Posted by rolerhoky19

Then lets call it the pancake curse.. like the late great mitch hedberg said.. "You don't want to be like pancakes, great in the begining, but by the end I'm just f**ng sick of em.."Posted by rolerhoky19

I loved Mitch Hedberg...that guy was great!....gone too soon! Do I like the deal we made for Phiil Kessel.......all encompassingly!!

Then lets call it the pancake curse.. like the late great mitch hedberg said.. "You don't want to be like pancakes, great in the begining, but by the end I'm just f**ng sick of em.."Posted by rolerhoky19

That's a riot ! That does sums him up pretty well. We can relate Kessel and waffles/pancakes.Also funny we're talking about this as when I open this link on MSN there's a phooto with Kessel and reads "Why fans are pelting stars with Waffles" .